λόχος (root λεχ): place of ambush, act of
lying in wait; said of the Trojan horse, Il. 18.513, Od.
4.277; also of the party forming the
ambuscade, Il. 8.522;
and of any armed company, Od. 20.49
; λόχος γέροντος, ‘means of
entrapping’ the old man of the sea, Od. 4.395
.— λόχονδε: upon an
ambuscade, into the ambush, Il.
1.227, Od.
14.217.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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